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. BENTLEY. SOALLOPED BALL SUSHION.

(No Model.)

. Patented Nov. 12, 1889.

WITNESSES UNI'IED STATES PATENT ()rrtcn.

SCALLOPED BALL. CUSHION.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 414,748, datedriovnn'oy; 12, 1889.

Application iilctl llpiil 19, 1889. filn'ial No. 30?,648. lNu models lloit known that. l, (innnnns l llnn'rnnr, residing althe oil-y of NewYork, counlyand Stale of New York, have invented an lniproved Scallopedllall (ushiom of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescriplion.

My invention relates to a cushion of transversely-sealloped general formand designed more especially for use as an ornament or as a pillow for asofa, folding chair, or other piece of furniture; and the inve-ntioi'ihas for its object to provide such a cushion made in a manner to retainor resume its scalloped melon-like form however it may be pressed orroughly handled in use, the article being easily made, inexpensive, anddurable.

Reference is to be had to theaccompanying drawings, forming a pnrtiofthis specification, and in which similar letters of rcfercnccindiratecorresponding parts in all the views.

Fignre1 is a plan View of two pieces of fabric forming the casing of oneexterior segmental section of the cushion, one fabric being partlybroken away. Fig. 2 shows how these two fabrics are folded and stretchedinto crescent form. Fig. 3 shows how the inner fabric is reduced in areaand its center cut to make an opening to admit a stuffing material. Fig.4 shows all the double-walled segmental sections of the cushionconnected together in a bag or sack. Fig. 5 shows the finished cushionwith a draw-cord applied to round its e..ds into the preferredmelon-like form; and Fig. 3 shows how four pieces of fabric ofelliptical form may be stitched together at one edge to make adjacentconnected edges of the covers or walls of two segmental sections of thecushion.

I will describe one of my improved cushions as made with walls ofmuslin, silk, or other suitable woven fabric; but I am not restricted asto material; neither am I limitcd to the form of scalloped cushionshown, as it may be made in practically round general shape, or may bemore or less elongated or elliptical and have either sharp or roundedends, as may be preferred.

The cushion may be made with any preferred number of segmental sections,which, when joined, givca general scalloped rounded form to the article.I show it made with six exterior segmental sections, giving n nonl.altracblvoappearance. Hut-hol'iIii-sosognlontn| sections A is madowithuvnsingi-ousisl ingol' two pieces (t (1?, of suitable fabric, and prolerably cut on a true bias, and when the eusln ion is llohavoqnileanelongatedgeneral form these two fabrics will have I he elliptical shapeshown in Fig. l of the drawings. 'lhesc fabrics (1 (.1 are sewedtogether at n. entirely around their margins, and then are folded once,which gives them the form indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2 of thedrawings, whereupon they are stretched each way from the center into thecrescent or curved form shown in full lines in said figure, the biascutof the fabrics allowing them to lake and keep this shape. The fabricsare stretched by press ing one hand onto them at the doubled edge andthen drawing them around by the other hand into the longitudimtllyconrexcd or crescent form shown, the strel ching bei n g don o from thelengthwise center of the folded fabrics toward each end of them by astcp-bystep holding by one hand and drawing or pulling around by theotherhand. The area of the inner side wall or fabric a is then recluccd.This may be done by pasting lapped parts of it together; but Iaccomplish this, preferably, by drawing the inner fabric a? from theenter one a and folding it to its transverse center from end to end, andthen stitching it at a a" toward the center from both ends, and as shownin Fi 3 of the drawings, whereupon the doubled edge of this fabric (L2,outside of the place a left unstitched at the lengthwise center of thefabric, is slit or clipped off to produce an opening ll, through whichthe exterior wall sections or segments of the cushion may afterward befilled with feathers, hair, oranyother suitable stufling material.

Either before or after the segmental ens ings of the cushion-sectionshave been reduced in area and prepared for filling by opening them at.ll the casings are connected to each other along the first marginallines of stitching a, and preferably by sewing, and so as to form adouble walled bag or sack C of the ovoid or globular general form shownin Fig. l of the drawings, and which will be left open at D at the lastseam to provide for afterward filling the interior of the cushion with astul'tingz; material, as presently explained. All l the segmentalcasings are next tilled through their slits or openings It withstul'ling material, and these openings will then preferably be closed bysewing or otherwise. Alter all the segmental sections are tilled the bagis turncd inside out, which brings the larger l'accd t'abries o. ol thesections A outside and their reduced side walls d" inside, and concealsthe marginal seam edges left by the original stitching-s at u. and n,andalso bythe sewing connecting the several sections. The interiorchamberof the bag is next lillcd through the opening I) with some suitablestul'ling material, and this opening or scam is sewed up bybliml-stitehing it necessary, and the cushion is now complete it it isto have pointed ends, as indicated by the dotted lines in l ig. 5 of thedrawings. I prefer, however, to run a dmW-cord E through the longitudinal center of the cushion and draw in its up posite pointed ends, whichwill be held in by hnotting the cord or otherwise, and thereby producinga cushion of melon-like l'orm having rounded ends, as shown in fulllines in Fig. 5, and made up of separate segmental sections, each ofwhich is individually filled or stult'ed, while they all collectivelyform the walls of a cushion bag or sack, the interior of which isseparately filled or stutt'ed. It is obvious that by this constructionthe down, feathers, or other material filling the exterior segmentalsections of the bag is prevented from shifting from part to part of it;hence I the peculiar scalloped. form of the cushion is retained orresumed however roughly it may be pressed or knocked about in use.

It is manifest that the interior chamber of the cushion need not befilled when the tinished article is to be more forornament than use; butwhen it is designed for a sofa or chair cushion or pillow it isdesirable for the comfort of the person using itthat this inner chamberbe filled as a re-enforce to the exterior separately filled segmentalsections, which, however, would keep the cushion in scalloped generalform without this interior chamber being filled when pressure on thecushion was relaxed.

I am not limited to stitching two pieces a together at one edge, as Imay stitch together at one edge four pieces of fabric a of ellipticalform, and thus make adjacent connected edges of two segment-a1 sections,the other edge of each of which being afterward formed by sewing thefree edges of two of the fabrics together, as will readily be understoodfrom Fig. (l of the drawings.

llaying' thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by la-ts ters latcnt l. scalloped ball cushion made with anexterior wall, consisting ol a series of secmentallongitudinally-cilnvexcd and separatel \lilled sectionsarranged about. acommon axis, the longitudinal lateral cdgesol' each sec tion beingconnected to the abutting lateral edges of the adjoining sect ions,substantially as herein set forth.

2. A scalloped ball cushion made with an exterior wall, consisting of aseries of segmental longitudinally-ctnn'exedandseparately-tilledsections arranged about a common axis and each having an inner wall orface of reduced or smaller area than its outer wall or face, thelongitudinal lateral edges of each section being connected to theabutting latcral edges of the adjoining sect ions,substantially asherein set forth.

3. A scalloped ball cushion made with an exterior wall, consisting of aseries of seg mental longitud inally-eonvcxed and separately-filledsections arranged about a common axis. the longitudinal lateral edges ofeach section being connected to the abutting lat,- eral edges of theadjoining sections, and an interior filling placed in the chamber formedwithin the connected segmental sections, substantially as herein setforth.

4. A scalloped ball cushion made with an exterior wall, consisting of aseries of segmental longitudinally-convexed and separat ely-filledsections arranged about a common axis and each having an inner wall orface of reduced or smaller area than its outer wall or face, thelongitudinal lateral edges of each section being connected to theabutting lateral edges of the adjoining sections, and an interiortilling placed in the chamber formed within the connected segmentalsections,substal'itially as herein set forth.

5. A scalloped ball cushion made with an exterior wall, consisting of aseries of segmental longitudi nally-eonvexed and separately-filledsections arranged about a common axis, the longitudinal lateral edges ofeach section being connected to the abutting latcral edges of theadjoining sections, and a loi'igitudinal stay drawing the ends of thecushion into rounded forln, substantially as herein set forth.

CHARLES F. BENTLEY.

Witnesses:

J'As. C. CoUcLn, FRANK HOLLAND.

